# Life's a beach: A vacation MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 11, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804 "2012-06-11T11:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/41 "2012-06-12T09:51:56Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Seriously, though – why **not** get up a bit earlier and head for the beach before the whole world gets up? Quite a few people here actually do that, and still show up at work by 9 am, after breakfast and a shower. Because the beach bus doesn’t start running until 8am (when I have to be at work) and parking at work is nigh impossible. Yeah, yeah, I know, I’m just being cranky… but I did check the possibilities, promise! > [@](#): > > I’m not (quote) 50 yet, and my gut spills over a baggy mid-thigh-length short-pants’-like bathing suit, _ **never** _ a speedo! > So, how _you_ doin’? 😉 I’m doin’ fine and youse still doin’ married, buddy! You do get bonus points for wearing a decent bathing suit, tho. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/42 "2012-06-12T10:30:57Z")
Good Mornin’ Y ‘all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and rainyish. The predicted high is 87 and rain. Fine by me. It’s not like I get to be outdoors or anything. There it is **Butters** , you’re mornin’ south Jawja weather forecast. 😃 I don’t like the beach anymore. I used to but since I put in the pool, I can’t see drivin’ three hours to go to the beach when I can lay around a body of water and drink beer right in my own back yahd. Plus I don’t get sand in places sand ought never to be. Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. Happy Tuesday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/43 "2012-06-12T10:35:10Z")
Blurf. The southern Merrylande forecast: 80% chance of rain today, with a high of 81 Amurrkin. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/44 "2012-06-12T10:37:20Z")
Morning. Two nights in a row of no sleep (well, about 4 hours each). Can’t keep this up- I’m exhausted! How did we ever do it will little babies in the house??? I think everyone in the MMP needs a vacation… ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/45 "2012-06-12T10:39:19Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I think everyone in the MMP needs a vacation… Two weeks and counting down… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/46 "2012-06-12T10:54:57Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I’m allergic to not-olympic-swimmer dudes in speedos, they make my eyes hurt. My most vivid memory of the beach at Catania, Sicily, involves rotund, hairy men in speedos that didn’t quite contain their buttcracks. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: I was lucky, tho, because several of the folks on that bus trip wanted to go to a nude beach. Yeah, like I want to see rotund, hairy men \*sans \*speedos! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: \*\*Soapy \*\*- when you’re young and stupid, you don’t need as much sleep. As you mature, you realize how young and stupid you really were. 😉 Good morning. As \*\*BBBobbio \*\*has reported, it’s dreary in our county. We had rain overnight and more is promised, which is great - we need it! Today, I will put another coat of paint on **FCD** ’s cabinets, then futz in my studio for a while. I have 3 pieces in the damp cabinet that need to be finished. On Thursday, we’re going to clear the boat of our personal stuff and get it ready for a broker to have a look. I know \*\*FCD \*\*is bummed, but I ran the numbers and we can’t afford $5K+ a year \*just \*to keep the boat parked and maintained, let alone replace things as they age - not if we’re both retired. Plus, it used to be fun to work on the boat. Now it’s just one more chore that we avoid. Frankly, I don’t think we’ll even notice that it’s gone, once it’s gone… Anyway, after I surf a little bit longer, I’m going to don my grubbies and slap another coat of paint on the cabinets in the workshop. Wish they were wall cabinets - crawling around on the floor is not on my list of fun things to do. But at least the first coat is dry - this second coat should go on lots faster. Happy Tuesday, more or less… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/47 "2012-06-12T11:05:35Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I’m doin’ fine Yay! > [@](#): > > and youse still doin’ married, buddy! well… > [@](#): > > You do get bonus points for wearing a decent bathing suit, tho. Yay! As the Fat Man himself sang, “two out of three ain’t bad.” I guess… > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I think everyone in the MMP needs a vacation… Anita, that you? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/48 "2012-06-12T11:37:57Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Try explaining to someone with Alzheimer’s that animal crackers aren’t for dogs. :dubious: I never thought about it that way before… I guess they are for human animals only! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/49 "2012-06-12T12:03:41Z")
Work, after two weeks away. Yuk. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/50 "2012-06-12T12:18:03Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Try explaining to someone with Alzheimer’s that animal crackers aren’t for dogs. :dubious: Are dog biscuits _NOT_ made from collie flour? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/51 "2012-06-12T12:20:52Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Are dog biscuits _NOT_ made from collie flour? Collie flour? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/52 "2012-06-12T12:24:25Z")
**BBBobbio** , stay right where you are - I’m going to slap you silly for that one! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/53 "2012-06-12T12:26:56Z")
I thought he already _was_ silly? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/54 "2012-06-12T12:54:43Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Morning. Two nights in a row of no sleep (well, about 4 hours each). Can’t keep this up- I’m exhausted! How did we ever do it will little babies in the house??? > > I think everyone in the MMP needs a vacation… Last Day for me. Fun while it lasted.🙂 > [@VunderBob](#): > > Are dog biscuits _NOT_ made from collie flour? I’ll have to hound you for that pun,ya know. I do not have a Speedo ready body. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/55 "2012-06-12T13:00:41Z")
It’s sort of like being drunk, but not as fun, if you don’t get any sleep. The cake I baked was butter cake with ginger and frozen raspberries. Still got three quarters of it. Snacktime! ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/56 "2012-06-12T13:34:24Z")
Mawnin all Vacation, yes please Gotta go irk irk irk Have a great day all That is all **JIM** ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/57 "2012-06-12T14:08:36Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Are dog biscuits _NOT_ made from collie flour? 😃 Well, at any rate the large container of animal crackers now has a new label. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/58 "2012-06-12T15:51:36Z")
**StickyBuns** does the new label say “NOT FOR ANIMALS ANIMAL CRACKERS”?😃 Why can’t we have a big ol’ tstorm to knock out power when I want one. I wanna go home!!! WAAAAAAAAH!!! Here endeth the whine ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/59 "2012-06-12T16:27:02Z")
Painting is done - the cabinets look pretty good. And I’ve had lunch, so my tummy is happy. It’s starting to rain, and t-storms are promised. All things considered, I want a nap. I may go play in my studio for a couple of hours, tho. We shall see… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-a-beach-a-vacation-mmp/624804/60 "2012-06-12T17:49:08Z")
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